Romantic Suspense

By Zachary Bartels (Thomas Nelson)

Yesterday, Parker Saint’s only concern was his swiftly rising star power. Today, he’s just trying to stay alive.  Parker Saint is living the dream. A cushy job at a thriving megachurch has him on the verge of becoming a bestselling author and broadcast celebrity—until life takes an abrupt turn that lands him on the wrong side of the law. To avoid a public scandal, he agrees to consult with the police on a series of brutal murders linked by strange religious symbols scrawled on each victim.

By Brandilyn Collins (Stonewater Books)

“Do not think at this moment, Cara Westling. Concentrate on nothing but saving your life. You want your daughter to be without a father and a mother?”Cara Westling, a newcomer to the small town of Payton, Idaho, is grateful she’s landed employment with the highly respected J. L. Larrett.

By Sandra Robbins (Love Inspired Suspense)

FATAL BULL’S-EYEFor archery expert Hannah Riley and her daughter, nowhere on her Smoky Mountain ranch is safe with someone aiming to kill her. She’s not sure why they want her dead, but with the help of her best friend, Sheriff Ben Whitman, she won’t give up until she knows—and stops them. Hannah’s comeback in competitive mounted archery is looming, though, and time is running out to uncover the truth. Years ago Ben promised Hannah’s late husband he’d watch over her. But guarding her proves more dangerous than the stalker when Ben is forced to confront his growing feelings for Hannah.

By Stephanie Newton (Love Inspired Suspense)

With his cover blown, former DEA Agent Tyler Clark has nothing but time on his hands. Time—and orders—to see the police psychologist before taking a new case. Gracie VanDoren\’s cheerful determination to help him drives Tyler up the wall…right up until a threatening letter has Gracie\’s sunshiny demeanor giving way to fear. As the threats escalate, both realize someone has an unusually personal vendetta against Gracie. Now Tyler\’s cover is blown again.

By Irene Hannon (Revell)

Radio talk show host Eve Reilly is used to backlash from her pot-stirring on-air commentary and interviews, but now it seems a disgruntled listener is resorting to more than angry words to express their displeasure. When a suspicious package arrives on her doorstep, Eve turns to law enforcement for help. Police detective Brent Lange can\’t find any evidence to link the string of unsettling incidents that follows, but he\’s convinced they\’re connected. As the harassment grows more menacing, it becomes clear someone wants Eve\’s voice silenced–permanently.  But unless he can track down her foe, fast, the gutsy woman who is willing to take risks for what she believes–and who is swiftly winning his heart–may not survive.

By Susan May Warren (Love Inspired Suspense)

An American boy and a warlord’s engaged daughter have disappeared—together—in an Eastern European border country. Only one man can find them in time to prevent an international meltdown—Chet Stryker. But Chet is taken aback when he realizes the boy is the nephew of Mae Lund, Chet’s former flame. When Mae insists on rescuing her relative herself, Chet knows he has to protect her from the enemy on their trail. Yet can he protect himself from falling for Mae again?

By Alison Stone (Waterfall Press)

Jayne Murphy has always put family first. That’s why she abandoned her dream of joining the police force to run her ailing mother’s dance studio. When one of the studio’s most talented instructors dies in a car crash, Jayne isn’t convinced it was just an accident. Relentlessly pursuing her hunch, she teams up with Officer Danny Nolan, the best friend and partner of her brother Patrick, who died in the line of duty. Haunted by Patrick’s death, Danny has begun to question whether he should still be a cop at all.

By Creston Mapes (David C. Cook)

There’s More Than One Kind of Poison in This TownPeople are sick and dying. Rumors are swirling. Some claim chemicals leaking from a manufacturing plant are causing the cancer that’s crippling people on the poor side of Trenton City, Ohio. Yet nothing at the plant appears amiss. The problem remains a mystery until reporter Jack Crittendon’s long-time mechanic falls ill and he investigates.

By Jordyn Redwood (Kregel Publications)

Five years ago, Keelyn Blake’s armed, mentally ill stepfather took her family hostage in their house in rural Colorado. She and her half-sister Raven made it out alive, but others did not. Authorities blamed the father’s frequent hallucinations about a being named Lucent, but in the end, even the best of the FBI’s hostage negotiators failed to overcome the man’s delusions and end the standoff peacefully. Now, Lucent is back, and he’s no hallucination. In fact, he is a very real person with dangerous motives.

By Margaret Daley (Love Inspired Suspense)

Maggie Ridgeway has spent years searching for her birth mother. And now, thanks to an anonymous tip, she’s finally found her. Taking the apartment across the hall from her mother’s family, Maggie is determined not to leave until she gets some questions answered. Who is her father? Why did her parents abandon her? And what item in her new apartment is provoking multiple burglaries? After an interrupted break-in leaves Maggie unconscious, the building’s owner, Kane McDowell, promises to protect her. But then he learns who she really is.